Republic of Turkey is founded on October 29, 1923 after the World War I by our national hero Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who also adopted a wide-range of political reforms to turn the face of this new born nation to western civilization.

Turkey lies mostly on Anatolia, connecting Asia and Europe both geographically and culturally. Our country has two European and six Asian countries for neighbors along its land borders: Bulgaria and Greece in European continent; Syria, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in Asian continent. Turkey is surrounded by sea on three sides, by the Black Sea on the north, the Mediterranean on the south, the Aegean Sea on the west, and Sea of Marmara on the northwest. Major cities of Turkey are Istanbul (population: 10 million), Ankara (population: 4 million), Izmir (population: 3.3 million), Konya (population: 2.2 million), Bursa (population: 2.1 million), and Adana (population: 1.8 million).

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